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Additional Fellowships AAUW American Dissertation Fellowships

Sponsor: American Association of University Women Education Program Description American Fellowships support women doctoral candidates completing dissertations or scholars seeking funds for postdoctoral research leave from accredited institutions. Web Site: http://www.aauw.org

AIR Summer Data Policy Institute

Sponsor: Association for Institutional research Program Description The National Data Policy Institute is an intensive session scheduled June 8-15, 2008, in the Washington, D.C. area. Applicants must have a basic knowledge of statistical methods and be experienced in the use of software packages (i.e., SPSS, SAS). Applicants should also have an interest in using national databases for studies in institutional research. Fellowships are available to cover roundtrip transportation from the Fellow?s home to Washington, D.C., hotel accommodations, a fi xed per diem reimbursement for meals and incidental expenses for the duration of the Institute, and a one-year AIR membership. Acceptance to the Institute is made on the basis of a short proposal. Web Site: http://airweb.org AIR/IES-NCES Postdoctoral Policy Fellow in Washing

Sponsor: Association for Institutional Research Program Description The Association for Institutional Research (AIR) is accepting applications for a new Postdoctoral Fellow Program, a project funded by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Postdoctoral Fellow projects will be responsible for undertaking analysis that results in improvements to the quality, comparability, and usefulness of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Web Site: http://www.airweb.org/page.asp?page=1349 APAICS fellowships

Sponsor: Asian Pacific American Inst. Congressional Studies Program Description The fellowship is designed to provide a unique opportunity to an outstanding graduate student who has a commitment to the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, and who plans to pursue a public policy career. The fellow will spend nine months in Washington, D.C., either in the office of a Congressional member, a Congressional committee or a federal agency. Web Site: http://www.apaics.org/apaics_fellow.html Albert Gallatin Fellowship

Sponsor: FERIS Foundation of America Program Description The Albert Gallatin Fellowship in International Affairs was established in 1976 by the FERIS

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Foundation of America. The award for the coming academic year provides for up to nine months of study at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, University of Geneva, Switzerland by an American candidate for the Ph.D. who is actively engaged in dissertation research of the Doctorate within the field of International Relations. Web Site: http://www.virginia.edu/crees/gallatin1.html Alden B. Dow Creativity Fellowship Program

Sponsor: Alden B. Dow Creativity Center Program Description The Alden B. Dow Creativity Center offers four fellowships each summer to individuals in any field or profession who wish to pursue an innovative project or creative idea. Web Site: http://www.northwood.edu/abd/ Alexander von Humboldt :Sofja Kovalevskaja Award

Sponsor: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Program Description The aim is to give award winners an opportunity to concentrate on high-level, innovative research work of their own choice in Germany, virtually without administrative constraints, and thus to promote the internationalization of research in Germany. Web Site: http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/programme/preise/kova.htm American Antiquarian Society Research Fellow

Sponsor: American Antiquirian Society Program Description All the fellowships are designed to enable scholars, advanced graduate students, and others to spend an uninterrupted block of time doing research in the AAS library on their projects and discussing their work with others. These residences in Worcester provide an opportunity not only for research in collections that are extraordinarily deep but also for collegial discussion with staff and other fellows, faculty in area colleges and universities, and other scholars visiting AAS from all over the United States and abroad. Web Site: http://www.americanantiquarian.org/fellowships.htm American Indian Graduate Center Graduate Fellows

Sponsor: American Indian Graduate Center Program Description AIGC was founded to help open the doors to graduate education for American Indians and to help tribes obtain the educated Indian professionals they need to become more self-sufficient and to exercise their rights to self-determination. Web Site: http://www.aigc.com American Institue of Indian Studies Junior Fellow

Sponsor: American Institue of Indian Studies Program Description Junior Research Fellowships are specifically designed to enable doctoral candidates to pursue their dissertation research in India. Junior Research Fellows establish formal affiliation with Indian

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universities and Indian research supervisors. Web Site: http://www.indiastudies.org Anna Sobol Levy Fellowship

Sponsor: Hebrew University of Jerusalem Program Description The Anna Sobol Levy Fellowship program, created by Captain Jerome E. Levy, USNR (Ret.), to honor his mother, is for U.S. citizens who are graduate students or recent college graduates with leadership potential for the United States in the 21st century. The purpose of the Fellowship is to enhance and strengthen the unique relationship between the United States and Israel by establishing genuine understanding and communication between future leaders of the two countries. Web Site: http://overseas.huji.ac.il/grad_anna_sobol.php Association for Institutional Research

Sponsor: Association for Institutional Research Program Description AIR, with support from the Institute of Education Sciences and National Center for Education Statistics (IES-NCES), the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC), sponsors a grant program titled: Improving Institutional Research in Postsecondary Educational Institutions. The goals of this program are to provide professional development opportunities to doctoral students, institutional researchers, educators and administrators, and to foster the use of federal databases for institutional research in postsecondary education. The program has six major components: Fellowships for the National Summer Data Policy Institute in the Washington, D.C. area to study the national databases of NSF and IES-NCES; Dissertation fellowships for doctoral students; Research grants for institutional researchers and faculty; A focused grant program supported by the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC); AIR/IES-NCES Senior Fellowship to improve the IPEDS process; and AIR/IES-NCES Fellowships for Graduate Studies. Web Site: http://www.airweb.org BARD Graduate Student Fellowship Program

Sponsor: Binational Agricultural Research and Development Program Description Objective to enable Ph.D. students in one country (the United States or Israel) to travel to the other country (Israel or the United States) in order acquire new skills and techniques in their field of study. The exchange will promote collaboration between scientists of both countries and expose the student to the ongoing research in the other county in the area of his/her present and future research. Web Site: http://www.bard-isus.com Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship

Sponsor: Purdue Graduate School Program Description

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The Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship was established to provide support to outstanding Ph.D. candidates in their final year of writing. It is expected that the doctoral degree will be received at the conclusion of the fellowship year. Web Site: http://www.gradschool.purdue.edu/funding/ Bilsland Strategic Initiatives Fellowship

Sponsor: Purdue University Graduate School Program Description The goal of the Strategic Initiatives fellowship program is to provide an opportunity for graduate students, under the direction of a faculty member, to develop and submit a proposal. Individual graduate students may submit a proposal for one award related to any of the following Graduate School strategic plan goals: -attracting external and internal sources of funding; -enhancing recruitment and retention of graduate students to increase the number, quality, and diversity of the graduate student body; -emphasizing mentoring relationships between faculty and students; -fostering interdisciplinary graduate education; or -improving services to enhance the quality of life for graduate students. Web Site: http://www.gradschool.purdue.edu/gradschool/funding/ CESAR CHAVEZ DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP FOR U.S. LATINA/O SCHOLARS

Sponsor: Dartmouth College Program Description The immediate goal of the Fellowship is to increase the number of U.S. Latina/o faculty in higher education by supporting U.S. Latina/o scholars in completing the final academic requirement, the dissertation. The second goal is to bring to Dartmouth College more role models for potential Latina/o graduate students among Dartmouth undergraduates. Web Site: http://www.dartmouth.edu/artsci/gradstdy/fellows.shtml CHARLES A. EASTMAN DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP FOR NATIVE AMERICAN SCHOLARS

Sponsor: Dartmouth College Program Description The immediate goal of the Fellowship is to increase the number of Native American faculty in American higher education by supporting Native American scholars in completing the final academic requirement, the dissertation. The second goal is to bring to Dartmouth College more role models for potential Native American graduate students among Dartmouth undergraduates. Web Site: http://www.dartmouth.edu/artsci/gradstdy/fellows.shtml California Senate Fellows

Sponsor: Center for California Studies Program Description The California Senate Fellows program was established in 1973 to provide participants with insight into the legislative process. The fellowship program's primary goals include exposing people with diverse life experiences and backgrounds to the legislative process and providing research and other professional staff assistance to the Senate. The program is jointly sponsored by the Senate and the Center for California Studies at California State University, Sacramento (CSUS). Fellows also earn

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12 units of graduate credit from the CSUS Government Department. Web Site: http://www.csus.edu/calst/Programs/senate_fellows.html Career Development

Sponsor: AAUW Program Description Annual award to support women who are preparig to re-enter the work force, change careers, advance their current careers, or pursue their first advanced degree. Applicants must be entering or in the early stages of their degree programs. Web Site: http://www.aauw.org David L. Boren Graduate Fellowships

Sponsor: National Security Education Program Program Description Boren Fellowships support students pursuing the study of languages, cultures, and world regions that are critical to U.S. national security but are less frequently studied by U.S. graduate students, i.e., areas of the world other than Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. It is hoped that recipients of Boren Fellowships will comprise an ever-growing cadre of experts whose enriched educational and professional experiences will enable them to provide leadership and direction in our national commitment to economic growth, international peace and security, and the promotion of democracy abroad. Web Site: http://www.iie.org/programs/nsep/graduate/default.htm Dissertation Grants

Sponsor: American Educational Research Association Program Description Annual award to stimulate research on U.S. education policy and to improve the U.S. educational research community's firsthand knowledge of the data available at the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). The grants support education policy- and practice-related dissertation proposals using NCES, NSF, and other national data bases. Web Site: http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/diss_grants/DGFly.html Dissertation-Year Visiting Fellowships

Sponsor: NORTHEAST CONSORTIUM FOR FACULTY DIVERSITY Program Description This informal consortium of colleges and universities in the Northeast aims to increase the number of U.S. citizen African Americans, Mexican Americans, Puerto Rican Americans, and Native Americans who become college and university faculty. Each Consortium campus will bring one or more dissertation-level, under-represented minority graduate students to its campus for 12 months, in order that the students can devote substantial attention to the completion of their dissertation and become acquainted with their host campus and host department. Web Site: http://www.diversityoncampus.com/id2.html Dolores Zohrab Leibmann Fund Fellowship

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Sponsor: Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund Program Description Graduate fellowships in any recognized field of study in the humanities, social sciences, or natural sciences (including law, medicine, engineering, architecture or other formal professional training) and scholarly publications focusing on Armenian studies and culture. Web Site: http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/liebmann/ E7 Sustainable Energy Development Program

Sponsor: The e7 Program Description The purpose of the e7 scholarship is to support outstanding students in pursuing advanced studies in sustainable energy development and to encourage meaningful contributions to the collective body of knowledge about this subject. Only students from developing countries and economies in transition are eligible; please see complete list on website for details. Web Site: http://www.e7.org/Pages/O-Schol.html

Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation Scholarship

Sponsor: Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation, Inc. Program Description ELA Scholarships are available only to women graduate students with physical disabilities who are enrolled in a college or university in the United States. These scholarships are awarded on an objective and nondiscriminatory basis. The purpose of the scholarship is to supplement financial assistance for tuition costs for female graduate students with physical disabilities. Web Site: http://www.ela.org Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships for Minorities

Sponsor: Ford Foundation Program Description Through its program of Diversity Fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nations college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. This year the program will award approximately 35 dissertation fellowships. The dissertation fellowships provide one year of support for individuals working to complete a dissertation leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree. Web Site: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/ Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship

Sponsor: National Research Council Program Description Through its program of Diversity Fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation?s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. The postdoctoral

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fellowships provide one year of support for individuals engaged in postdoctoral study after the attainment of the Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree. Web Site: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/fordpost.html Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships for Minorities

Sponsor: Ford Foundation Program Description Through its program of Diversity Fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nations college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. This year the program will award approximately 60 predoctoral fellowships. The predoctoral fellowships provide three years of support for individuals engaged in graduate study leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree. Web Site: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/fordpredoc.html GLAAD Dissertation Fellowships

Sponsor: Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Program Description The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. They have frequent openings for internships and fellowships throughout the country. Web Site: http://www.glaad.org/about/work_opps.php George Washington Carver Fellowship

Sponsor: Purdue University Graduate School Program Description The George Washington Carver (GWC) Doctoral Fellowship is awarded annually to encourage students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), Hispanic-serving institutions (HSI), or Tribal colleges, who have demonstrated superior academic achievements and abilities, to attend Purdue University. Recipients of this fellowship are doctoral-seeking students who aspire to a career as a professor/researcher in higher education. Purdue University President, Martin C. Jischke, initiated the George Washington Carver Fellowship in honor of this great African-American educator, researcher, and innovator. Web Site: http://www.gradschool.purdue.edu/gradschool/funding/ Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Cntr Scholarship

Sponsor: Georgia O'Keeffee Musuen Research Center Program Description Scholarships are available for periods of three-to-twelve months, are not renewable, and cannot be extended. Recipients are expected to be in residence during the scholarship period and to take part in the life of the Research Center. Web Site: http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/center/scholarships.html

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Gerald R. Ford Library Research Travel Grants Stipend Amount: Up to $2000 The Gerald R. Ford Foundation awards grants of up $2,000 each in support of research in the archival collections of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, part of the system of presidential libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. The collections are especially rich on U.S. government domestic policies, diplomacy, and national political affairs in the 1970s. A grant helps to defray the travel, lodging, meal, and photocopy expenses of a research trip to the Library. Web Site: http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/foundationgrants.asp. Greenfield Foundation Dissertation Fellowship

Sponsor: Library Co. of Philadelphia and PA Historical Soc. Program Description The Library Company of Philadelphia and The Historical Society of Pennsylvania will jointly award approximately thirty one-month fellowships for research in residence in either or both collections during the academic year 2005-2006. These two independent research libraries, adjacent to each other in Center City Philadelphia, have complementary collections capable of supporting research in a variety of fields and disciplines relating to the history of America and the Atlantic world from the 17th through the 19th centuries, as well as Mid-Atlantic regional history to the present. Web Site: http://www.librarycompany.org/fellowships/greenfield.htm H.F. Guggenheim Dissertation Fellowship

Sponsor: The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Program Description The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (HFG) welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression, and dominance. Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world. Web Site: http://www.hfg.org/df/guidelines.htm H.F. Guggenheim Foundation Research Grants

Sponsor: Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (HFG) Program Description The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (HFG) welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression, and dominance. Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world. Web Site: http://www.hfg.org/index.html HUD OUP Fellowships (8 Grant Programs)

Sponsor: HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Development) Program Description Recognizing the crucial role that America's institutions of higher education can play in rebuilding

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communities large and small, HUD established the Office of University Partnerships (OUP) in 1994 to encourage and expand the efforts of institutions of higher education that are striving to make a difference in their communities through funding opportunities. Web Site: http://www.oup.org/funding/nofa_list.asp Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art

Sponsor: American Council of Learned Societies Program Description The Henry Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art are meant to assist graduate students in any stage of Ph.D. dissertation research or writing. The grants may be carried out in residence at the Fellow's home institution, abroad, or at another appropriate site for the research. The fellowships, however, may not be used to defray tuition costs or be held concurrently with any other major fellowship or grant. Web Site: http://www.ACLS.org Herbert Hoover Travel Grant

Sponsor: Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association Program Description To fund travel to the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa. The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association is a nonprofit support group for the Hoover Presidential Library-Museum and Hoover National Historic Site in West Branch. The Association has funded a travel grant program for twenty-five years, awarding over $460,000 in grants. The program, funded entirely through contributions from private individuals, corporations, and foundations, is specifically intended to promote the use of collections of the Herbert Hoover Library. Web Site: http://www.hooverassociation.org/travelgrantaward.html House Republican Internship

Sponsor: Indiana House of Representatives Program Description The program offers paid internships and offers an opportunity to be an active participant in the legislative process in Indiana. Web Site: http://www.state.in.us/legislative/house_republicans Humane Studies Fellowship

Sponsor: Institute for Humane Studies Program Description The Humane Studies Fellowships, begun in 1983 as the Claude R. Lambe Fellowships, are awarded by the Institute for Humane Studies to support the work of outstanding students interested in the classical liberal/libertarian tradition. Web Site: http://www.theihs.org Humboldt PostDoc Research Fellowship in Germany

Sponsor: Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation Program Description The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) enables young highly qualified scholars resident

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outside Germany who hold doctorates to carry out research projects of their own choice in Germany (age limit: 40 years). Applications may be submitted for long-term research stays of between 6 and 24 months (U.S. scientists and scholars may also apply for a 2-year Post-Doctoral Fellowship or a Summer Research Fellowship). Web Site: http://www.americanfriends-of-avh.org Incentive Grant

Sponsor: Purdue University Graduate School Program Description The program provides one award of $500 for one fellowship proposal to a select list of eligible fellowship programs. In ygeneral, two types of external fellowships are eligible; external multi-year fellowships or external dissertation fellowships. We hope that the proposals will be funded, but awarding of the Incentive Grant does not depend on the success of the proposal. Each of the targeted external fellowship programs provides premier multi-year funding for graduate study or dissertation year support. The maximum award per student is $500 per year. Web Site: http://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/funding Institute of International Education

Sponsor: Institute of International Education Program Description The Institute of International Education is a world leader in the international exchange of people and ideas. An independent, nonprofit organization founded in 1919, IIE has 19 offices worldwide, over 800 college and university IIENetwork members, and more than 5,000 volunteers. IIE designs and implements programs of study and training for students, educators, young professionals and trainees from all sectors with funding from government agencies, foundations, and corporations. These programs include the Fulbright and Humphrey Fellowships, administered for the U.S. Department of State, and the People, Energy, and Development program administered for USAID. Web Site: http://www.iie.org/ International Fellowships

Sponsor: American Association of University Women Education Program Description International Fellowships are awarded for full-time study or research to women who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Both graduate and postgraduate study at accredited institutions are supported. Web Site: http://www.aauw.org Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship

Sponsor: Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Program Description The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship Program will award approximately 45-50 scholarships to college seniors or recent graduates to attend graduate programs. The scholarship awards will provide funding for tuition, room and board, books, and other required fees for the length of the graduate degree program, up to six years. The amount and duration of awards will vary by student, based on the cost of attendance and length of the program as well as other

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scholarships or grants received. The maximum award per student is $50,000 per year. Web Site: http://www.jackkentcookefoundation.org Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program

Sponsor: Department of Education Program Description The program provides financial assistance to students who have demonstrated: superior academic ability and achievement; exceptional promise; financial need to undertake graduate study leading to a doctoral degree or a master's degree in which the master's degree is the terminal highest degree in the selected field of study. The Department of Education awards fellowships in selected fields of study of the arts, humanities and social sciences. Subject to the availability of funds, a fellow receives the Javits fellowship annually for up to the lesser of 48 months or the completion of their degree. The fellowship consists of an institutional payment (accepted by the institution of higher education in lieu of all tuition and fees for the fellow) and a stipend (based on the fellow's financial need as determined by the measurements of the Federal Student Assistance Processing System. In fiscal year 2004, the institutional payment is $11,511 and the maximum stipend is $30,000. Web Site: http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsjavits/index.html John Carter Brown Library Research Fellowship

Sponsor: John Carter Brown Library Program Description The John Carter Brown Library fellowship program was created to give scholars from this country and abroad an opportunity to pursue their work in proximity to a distinguished collection of primary sources. Web Site: http://www.JCBL.org Kress Fellowship in Art & Archaeology of Jordan

Sponsor: AMERICAN CENTER OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH Program Description One or more three- to six-month fellowships for pre-doctoral students completing dissertation research in an art historical topic. History of art is defined to include: art history, archaeology, architectural history, and in some cases classical studies. Web Site: http://www.bu.edu/acor/ Ludwig Kruhe Fellowship

Sponsor: Purdue University Graduate School Program Description The Ludwig Kruhe Fellowship was established as a "means for promoting a deeper interest in world problems, to the end that a better understanding of international relationships and world affairs may be advanced." Web Site: http://www2.itap.purdue.edu/gradschool//funding/

Medieval Academy Dissertation Grants

Sponsor: Medieval Academy of America Program Description Medieval Academy dissertation grants support advanced graduate students who are writing Ph.D.

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dissertations on medieval topics. The $2,000 grants help defray research expenses such as the cost of travel to research collections and the cost of photographs, photocopies, microfilms, and other research materials. The cost of books or equipment (e.g., computers) is not included. All graduate students whose primary research focuses on an aspect of medieval studies are eligible but if your topic deals with late-medieval Britain (ca. 1350 - 1500), you should apply for a Schallek Award. Applicants must have received approval from their dissertation committee for their projects by the application date. Web Site: http://www.medievalacademy.org/www/grants/dissertation_instructions.htm Mellon Fellowship Program for Dissertation Research in the Humanities in Original Sources

Sponsor: Council on Library and Information Resources Program Description The purposes of this fellowship program are to (1) help junior scholars in the humanities and related social-science fields gain skill and creativity in developing knowledge from original sources, (2) enable dissertation writers to do research wherever relevant sources may be, rather than just where financial support is available, (3) encourage more extensive and innovative uses of original sources in libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, and related repositories in the U.S. and abroad, and (4) provide insight from the viewpoint of doctoral candidates into how scholarly resources can be developed for access most helpfully in the future. Web Site: http://www.clir.org/fellowships/fellowships.html Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Internships

Sponsor: The National Academies Program Description The Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Internship Program of the National Academies is designed to engage graduate science, engineering, medical, veterinary, business, and law students in the analysis that informs the creation of science and technology policy and to familiarize them with the interactions of science, technology, and government. As a result, students develop essential skills different from those attained in academia and make the transition from being a graduate student to a professional. Web Site: http://www7.national-academies.org/internship/ Mortar Board National Foundation scholarships

Sponsor: Mortar Board National Office Program Description For the 2005 Fellowship Program, the Mortar Board National Foundation will award one $5,000 fellowship and several $2,000 fellowships. Web Site: http://www.mortarboard.org/forms/index.html Multi-Country Research Fellowships

Sponsor: Council of American Overseas Research Centers Program Description Annual program to provide support for scholars whose research has regional or trans-regional significance and requires travel to several countries, at least one of which hosts an American Overseas Research Center. (See list of centers at Web site.)

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Web Site: http://www.caorc.org NASM Research Fellowships

Sponsor: Ms. Collette Williams, Fellowship Coordinator Program Description The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program offers fellowships for predoctoral, postdoctoral, and non-academic investigators. Fellows receive further training in research guided by the Smithsonian research staff, using the facilities and collections of the Institution. Applicants will be reviewed by the Smithsonian research staff. Quality ranking factors governing selection will include scientific merit of the proposal, the research and academic record of the applicant, application of unique Smithsonian facilities, and availability of supervisory staff. Applicants are encouraged to contact prospective staff advisors prior to submitting a proposal. Web Site: http://www.nasm.si.edu/getinvolved/fellow/ NASM Summer Internships

Sponsor: National Air and Space Museum Program Description The Museum's summer internship program affords college students the opportunity to work behind the scenes on projects that benefit both interns and the Museum. The program provides valuable hands-on experience and introduces interns to the variety of career opportunities available in a museum environment. Web Site: http://www.nasm.si.edu/education/pubs/intern.pdf NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship

Sponsor: National Institute of Justice Program Description The Graduate Research Fellowship provides dissertation research support to outstanding doctoral candidates undertaking independent research on issues in crime and justice. Students from any academic discipline are encouraged to apply and propose original research that has direct implications for criminal justice. NIJ encourages diversity in approaches and perspectives in its research programs. NIJ awards these fellowships to encourage doctoral students to contribute critical and innovative thinking to pressing justice problems. Web Site: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/funding.htm NIJ W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship Program

Sponsor: National Institute of Justice Program Description The W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship Program seeks to advance the field of knowledge regarding the confluence of crime, justice, and culture in various societal contexts. DuBois Fellows will be asked to focus on policy-relevant questions in a manner that truly reflects their saliency as an integral part of the American past, present, and, increasingly, its future. The Fellowship places particular emphasis on crime, violence, and the administration of justice in diverse cultural contexts. Web Site: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/funding.htm NSF East Asia Summer Institutes For U.S. Grad Stud

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Sponsor: National Science Foundation Program Description The East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) provide U.S. graduate students in science and engineering first-hand research experience in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, or Taiwan, an introduction to the science and science policy infrastructure of the respective location, and orientation to the culture and language. The primary goals of EAPSI are to introduce students to East Asia and Pacific science and engineering in the context of a research laboratory, and to initiate personal relationships that will better enable them to collaborate with foreign counterparts in the future. The institutes last approximately eight weeks from June to August and are administered in the United States by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The National Institutes of Health (NIH) co-sponsor the Summer Institute in Japan. Web Site: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5284 Newberry Library-Ecole des Chartes Exchange Fellow

Sponsor: The Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Study Program Description The Icole des Chartes is the oldest institution in Europe specializing in the archival sciences, including paleography, bibliography, textual editing, and the history of the book. Web Site: http://www.newberry.org/research/felshp/fellowshome.html P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship Fund for Women

Sponsor: P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship Fund Program Description P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship (IPS) Fund was established in 1949 to provide scholarships for international women students to pursue graduate study in the United States and Canada. Web Site: http://www.peointernational.org/about/ PRF Research Grant

Sponsor: Office of the Vice President for Research Program Description The PRF Research Grants are one-year awards made by the Office of the Vice President for Research to assist faculty who supervise Ph.D. research in the development of new or the continuation of ongoing research projects by providing support for a half-time (0.50FTE) PRF Research Assistantship. Web Site: http://www.purdue.edu/research/vpr/funding/researchgrants.shtml Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowship

Sponsor: United States Institute of Peace Program Description Peace Scholars are outstanding doctoral students, from anywhere in the world, who are enrolled in American universities and conducting dissertation research on international peace and conflict management. Peace Scholars are based at their universities or in appropriate field research sites. Since 1988 the Institute has awarded over 140 Peace Scholar Fellowships to students at 48 universities. Former Peace Scholars continue to pursue successful careers in academia, government service, nongovernmental organizations, and the media. They represent an international network of

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experts on the analysis, management, and prevention of conflicts. Web Site: http://www.usip.org/fellows PhiKappaPhi-Graduate Fellowship

Sponsor: Phi Kappa Phi Program Description Every year, the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi awards sixty Graduate Fellowships of $5,000 each and forty Awards of Excellence of $2,000 each to members entering the first year of graduate or professional study. Each Phi Kappa Phi chapter may select one candidate from among its local applicants to compete for the Society-wide awards. Web Site: http://phikappaphi.org/Web/Scholarships/graduate/graduate_instruct.html Purdue Doctoral Fellowship

Sponsor: Purdue Graduate School Program Description The Purdue Doctoral Fellowship is a two-year award to enhance the diversity of the graduate student body through the recruitment of students from diverse backgrounds with diverse views and experiences. Web Site: http://www.gradschool.purdue.edu/funding/ Purdue Study Abroad Program

Sponsor: Office of Programs for Study Abroad Program Description Overseas Research Internship To the student. A limited number of travel grants are allocated annually on a first-come, first-served basis. Web Site: http://www.studyabroad.purdue.edu/faculty/ResearchInternship.cfm Research Assistant (Web Master/ IT Support)

Sponsor: Indiana State Climate Office Program Description Research Assistant (Web Master) position is immediately available at the Indiana State Climate Office. The position is for Summer 2006 and academic year 2006-2007 but it would start in March-April to facilitate proper knowledge transfer. The initial position is quarter-time but can be increased to half-time based on needs of the Office and performance of the candidate. The role will have the following responsibilites: develop and maintain web pages for different projects develop and maintain JAVA applications which would be hosted on the webpage assist research members with their weather models (mostly in FORTRAN running on LINUX) Web Site: http://www.agry.purdue.edu/climate/itsupport.asp Research and Education Grant

Sponsor: Research Grant/ The Herb Society of America, Inc Program Description Annual award to further the knowledge and use of herbs and contribute the results of the study and research to the records of horticulture, science, literature, history, art or economics.

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Web Site: http://www.herbsociety.org Residential Assistantship

Sponsor: Food and Housing Service Program Description Residential Life helps students become productive, contributing citizens by fostering respect for self, others, and community by offering opportunities for the development of life skills. Web Site: http://www.housing.purdue.edu/RAApplication/ Rockefeller Fellowship for the Humanities

Sponsor: Rockefeller Foundation Program Description In Rockefeller Resident Fellowships in the Humanities will be offered at host institutions that were selected for their potential to promote new work in the humanities. Host institutions include academic departments, interdisciplinary programs, museums, research libraries and community cultural centers that select scholars to receive Rockefeller Fellowships. Web Site: http://www.rockfound.org School of American Research Weatherhead Fellowship

Sponsor: School of American Research Program Description The School of American Research (SAR) awards six Resident Scholar Fellowships each year to six scholars who have completed their research and analysis and who need time to think and write about topics important to the understanding of humankind. Resident scholars may approach their research from the perspective of anthropology or from anthropologically informed perspectives in such fields as history, sociology, art, law, and philosophy. Both humanistically and scientifically oriented scholars are encouraged to apply. Web Site: http://www.sarweb.org Short and Long Term Research Fellowships

Sponsor: John Carter Brown Library Program Description The John Carter Brown Library fellowship program was created to give scholars from this country and abroad an opportunity to pursue their work in proximity to a distinguished collection of primary sources. Web Site: http://www.jcbl.org Sibley Fellowship

Sponsor: Phi Betta Kappa Program Description The annual Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship is awarded alternately in the fields of Greek and French. The award may be used for the study of Greek language, literature, history, or archaeology, or the study of French language or literature. Web Site: http://www.pbk.org/scholarships/sibley.htm

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Simon Fellowship Award

Sponsor: Intercollegiate Studies Institute Program Description The Fellowship is an unrestricted cash grant that will be awarded to those graduating college seniors who have demonstrated passion, dedication, a high capacity for self-direction, and originality in pursuit of a goal that will strengthen civil society. Examples of how recipients may use their award include: (1) Engage directly in the civic life of their community. (2) Help to create opportunity for others, including job creation. (3) Advance their expertise. (4) Fund the ultimate realization of their noble purpose. Web Site: http://www.isi.org/programs/fellowships/simon.html Smithsonian Predoctoral Fellowships

Sponsor: Smithsonian Institution Program Description Fellowships are offered to support research at Smithsonian facilities or field stations. Fellows are expected to spend most of their tenure in residence at the Smithsonian, except when arrangements are made for periods of field work or research travel. Web Site: http://www.si.edu/research+study Summer Graduate Research Fellowships

Sponsor: Institute for Humane Studies Program Description The Summer Graduate Research Fellowship is a non-residential research and writing program sponsored by the Institute for Humane Studies. Graduate students who share an interest in scholarly research germane to the classical liberal tradition have the opportunity to work on a thesis chapter or a paper of publishable quality and to participate in interdisciplinary seminars under the guidance of a faculty supervisor. Web Site: http://www.theihs.org/subcategory.php/16.html THE GOLDEN KEY GRADUATE SCHOLAR AWARD

Sponsor: Golden Key International Honour Society Program Description This is Golden Key?s premier scholarship program. This scholarship supports members? post-baccalaureate study at accredited universities anywhere in the world. Web Site: http://www.goldenkey.org/GKweb/ Thurgood Marshall Dissertation Fellowships for African-American Scholars

Sponsor: Dartmouth College Program Description The immediate goal of the Fellowship is to increase the number of African-American faculty in American higher education by supporting African-American scholars in completing the final academic requirement, the dissertation. The second goal is to bring to Dartmouth College more role models for potential African-American graduate students among Dartmouth undergraduates. Web Site: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~gradstdy/funding/fellowships/marshall.html

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Udall Dissertation Fellowship

Sponsor: Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation Program Description Each year the Foundation awards two Ph.D. dissertation fellowships of $24,000 to students whose work is in the areas of environmental public policy or environmental conflict resolution. Recipients must be in the final, writing year of their Ph.D. work and must submit a copy of their dissertation to the Udall Foundation at the end of the award year. Web Site: http://www.udall.gov/ United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Fellows

Sponsor: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Program Description The Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies supports scholarship and publications in the field of Holocaust studies, promotes the growth of Holocaust studies at American universities, seeks to foster strong relationships between American and international scholars, and initiates programs to ensure the ongoing training of future generations of scholars specializing in the Holocaust. The Museum provides office space, postage, and access to a computer, telephone, facsimile machine, and photocopier. Cost sharing by home institutions or other relevant organizations is encouraged to extend the residency of the applicant at the Museum or to make possible additional research at other institutions in the United States and abroad. Web Site: http://www.ushmm.org/research/center/ Zissis Graduate Student Grant

Sponsor: Purdue Span Plan Program Description This grant is available for PART-TIME GRADUATE students who demonstrate academic potential and financial need. Eligible students must be enrolled in at least one 3-hour graduate course. Web Site: http://www.purdue.edu/odos/spanplan/zissisgrant.htm Gilbert F. White Postdoctoral Fellowship

Sponsor: Resources for the Future Program Description Resources for the Future (RFF) offers resident fellowships for each academic year in honor of Gilbert F. White, retired chairman of the RFF board of directors, distinguished geographer, and statesman of science. The fellowships are intended for researchers who have a doctorate degree and wish to devote a year to scholarly work in areas related to natural resources, energy, or the environment. Social scientists as well as natural scientists interested in policy-relevant interdisciplinary research are encouraged to apply. Since fellows interact closely with RFF staff members, selection criteria will include the nature of the applicant?s proposed research program and how it fits with RFF work in progress. Web Site: http://www.rff.org/rff/About/Fellowships_and_Internships/Index.cfm James Madison Memorial Junior Fellowship

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Sponsor: James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation Program Description The Fellow's proposed plan of graduate study should contain substantial constitutional course work. Fellows are encouraged to choose institutions that offer courses that closely examine the origins and development of the U.S. Constitution, the evolution of political theory and constitutional law, the effects of the Constitution on society and culture in the United States, or other such topics directly related to the Constitution. Web Site: http://www.jamesmadison.com/

National Huguenot Society

Sponsor: The National Huguenot Society Program Description The National Huguenot Society is awarding a prize of one thousand dollars ($1000) in the spring of each odd numbered year to the author of what is judged to be the best original work of scholarship covering any aspect of the Huguenot movement. The work may be in the form of a paper, an article, a thesis or dissertation, or a book. Web Site: http://www.huguenot.netnation.com/general/ New York State Senate Fellowships

Sponsor: New York State Senater Program Description All Senate fellowships are on-site in Albany, Capital City of New York. Fellowships are not financial aid for academic work, on-campus or classroom study. Class work and outside employment are prohibited during the full time fellowship: credit arrangements are permissible. Housing in Albany is the responsibility of the Fellow. Web Site: http://www.senate.state.ny.us/ Organization of American States Fellowships

Sponsor: Organization of American States Program Description The fundamental objective of the Graduate Fellowship Program is to promote the economic, social, scientific and cultural development of the member States in order to achieve a stronger bond and better understanding among the peoples of the Americas through the advanced training of its citizens in the priority areas requested by the countries. Web Site: http://www.oas.org/ Population Institute Future Leaders of the World

Sponsor: Population Institute Program Description The FLW program was established in 1980 for qualified upper level college and graduate students interested in the fields of international relations and development in the non-profit sector. Web Site: http://www.populationinstitute.org/ Presidential Management Fellows Program

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Sponsor: Office of Personnel Management Program Description The PMF Program is a leadership development fellowship designed to attract outstanding masters or doctoral-level students to careers in the Federal service. This rigorous two-year paid program includes 80-hours of training each year, challenging assignments, accelerated promotions, and opportunities to network between agencies. Fellows are hired by Federal agencies and given exposure to domestic and international issues in such areas as public administration, technology, science, criminal justice, health and financial management, to name a few. Web Site: http://www.pmi.opm.gov

Rotary International Scholarship

Sponsor: Rotary International Program Description Rotary International will select one outstanding student from the central indiana area to study abroad in 2006-07. Candidates who are articulate, outgoing, and who can promote International goodwill and understanding through participation in Rotary activities abroad are being sought. Web Site: http://www.rotary.org/programs/fellowships/index.html S. Illinois University Morris Doctoral Fellowship

Sponsor: Southern Illinois University - Carbondale Program Description The Morris Doctoral Fellowship is designed for those nominees who are new students to Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC), and who will begin their degree in academic disciplines leading to a Doctor of Philosophy or a Doctor of Rehabilitation. This fellowship is intended for applicants who possess exceptional credentials as indicated by high scholastic standing, excellent scores on standardized tests, outstanding recommendations, and evidence of significant potential for research and publication. Web Site: http://www.siu.edu/gradschl/morris_fellowship.htm Semiconductor Research Corp. Graduate Fellowship

Sponsor: Semiconductor Research Corporation Program Description The Graduate Fellowship Program (GFP) addresses the issues of improving educational opportunities at the doctoral level and supplying a relevantly educated work force for the semiconductor industry. The GFP is designed to attract exceptionally talented students with US/Canadian citizenship or permanent resident status in the U.S. to academic areas of interest to SRC members. While Fellows are not required to take employment within the SRC community, they are strongly encouraged to do so, and assistance is provided in finding appropriate employment in an SRC member company, U.S. government agency, or U.S. or Canadian university. Web Site: http://www.src.org/member/about/aboutgfp.asp U.S. Department of Homeland Security Fellowships

Sponsor: U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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Program Description The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) realizes that the country’s strong science and technology community provides a critical advantage in the development and implementation of counter-terrorist measures and other DHS objectives. The DHS Scholarship and Fellowship Program is intended for students interested in pursuing the basic science and technology innovations that can be applied to the DHS mission. This education program is intended to ensure a diverse and highly talented science and technology community to achieve the DHS mission and objectives. Areas of study that are eligible include: physical, mathematical, computer and information, life, and social sciences, psychology, selected humanities, and engineering. Web Site: http://www.orau.gov/dhsed/